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[ISS] Docking of Unmanned Cargo Craft - Progress M-23M to ISS

A Russian unmanned cargo spacecraft, the Progress M-23M (Progress 55), successfully docked to the International Space Station tonight at 21:14 UTC after a launch just 6 hours ago from Baikonur. Read more »

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Wildly spinning Russian supply craft will plunge to Earth next week

Russian flight controllers are continuing to troubleshoot issues with the ISS ... cargo craft that was launched at 3:09 a.m. EDT (1:09 p.m.local time in Baikonur) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA A Russian Soyuz-2.1 carrying an …

UPDATE (4/29 9:50 a.m. EDT): Docking ... with the ISS Progress 59 cargo craft this morning. The most recent ground pass started at 9:20 a.m. EDT and flight controllers reported no change in the issues with receiving telemetry data from the unmanned craft.

Share This Story The unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft ... concern earlier in the week that Progress 51's damaged antenna might prevent the cargo craft from docking properly and would require a spacewalk by ISS crewmembers. NASA officials said …

the cargo craft completed a hard mate when the docking hooks were deployed at 8:34 a.m." Umanned Russian spaceship suffers mishap on way to ISS, AFP "An unmanned Progress spaceship racing to the International Space Station with 2.5 tonnes of …

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Antenna fails to deploy on unmanned spaceship bound for ISS

A unmanned Progress spaceship racing to the ISS with 2.5 tonnes of cargo on board failed Wednesday to deploy a key antenna that helps it dock with the orbiting lab ... carrying another unmanned Progress cargo craft.

UPDATE (9:35 a.m. EDT): Russian flight controllers have continued to try and recover command capability with the ISS Progress 59 cargo craft this morning ... with receiving telemetry data from the unmanned craft. The Russian flight control team attempted ...